Following a week of Spanish school, I headed to Antigua with the main goal of hiking Acatenango. Some treat this trek with 5,200 feet of elevation gain as a casual excursion, and some finish this hike saying that it was truly the most challenging thing they have ever done. I personally landed somewhere in the […]
A common university spring break often includes going to the beach, camping, visiting family, road tripping somewhere new – the list goes on and on. An uncommon, but highly recommended spring break is living with a host family and attending Spanish School in Guatemala. Arriving to San Pedro I spent a week on Lake Atitlán
Although I am smiling here, don’t be fooled, this was my first hike since arriving in Cusco. I was feeling the altitude! A highlight of my time from university was spending an amazing six months travelling, learning, and eating my way through South America. What started off as three months living in Cusco, Perú, living
